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Stepney and Poplar was a parliamentary constituency in London, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
History
It was created for the February 1974 general election, largely replacing the old Stepney constituency, and abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partly replaced by the new Bethnal Green and Stepney constituency.
The constituency shared boundaries with the Stepney and Poplar electoral division for election of councillors to the Greater London Council at elections in 1973, 1977 and 1981.
Boundaries
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets wards of Limehouse, Poplar East, Poplar Millwall, Poplar South, Poplar West, Redcoat, St Dunstan's, St Katharine's, St Mary's, and Shadwell.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1974 | Peter Shore | Labour | |
| 1983 | constituency abolished: see Bethnal Green and Stepney | ||
Election results
| General election 1979: Stepney and Poplar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Shore | 19,576 | 62.6 | -15.0 | |
| Conservative | Robert Hughes | 6,561 | 21.0 | +10.8 | |
| Liberal | Rif Winfield | 2,234 | 7.2 | -3.0 | |
| National Front | Victor Clarke | 1,571 | 5.0 | New | |
| Independent Labour | Ted Johns | 672 | 2.2 | New | |
| Communist | Kevin Halpin | 413 | 1.3 | -0.7 | |
| Workers Revolutionary | Peter Chappell | 235 | 0.8 | New | |
| Majority | 13,015 | 41.6 | -25.8 | ||
| Turnout | 58,637 | 53.3 | +1.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General election October 1974: Stepney and Poplar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Shore | 24,159 | 77.6 | -3.3 | |
| Conservative | Harry Greenway | 3,183 | 10.2 | -5.3 | |
| Liberal | F. W. Alexander | 3,181 | 10.2 | New | |
| Communist | Kevin Halpin | 617 | 2.0 | New | |
| Majority | 20,976 | 67.4 | +2.0 | ||
| Turnout | 60,458 | 51.5 | -7.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General election February 1974: Stepney and Poplar | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Peter Shore | 28,869 | 80.9 | ||
| Conservative | Harry Greenway | 5,539 | 15.5 | ||
| Communist | Kevin Halpin | 1,278 | 3.6 | ||
| Majority | 23,330 | 65.4 | |||
| Turnout | 60,045 | 59.4 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
